Small Group Questions

1. When you think about the current cultural climate, what posture do you naturally drift toward: fear, anger, withdrawal, activism, quiet faithfulness? Why?

2. What stands out to you about the posture of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego? What do you notice about their tone, courage, or respect? What feels hardest to imitate?

3. Where do you personally wrestle most with the tension between “honor governing authorities” and “love the foreigner”? What makes that tension diKicult for you?

4. The sermon described the biblical “line” as this: We submit unless obedience to government requires disobedience to God. Do you agree with that framework? Where do you think Christians sometimes confuse disagreement with disobedience?

Against the Flow: 
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